The void stills just long enough for Zarronkamkar to draw breath. Black Goku circles close, calm as a blade, and the spar surges back into motion.
They trade blows again and again, wing, claw, forearm, heel. The dark-spark token throbs in the air between them, keeping time with the impact.
Zarronkamkar presses hard, forcing Black Goku to shift and slip, then slip again. For a moment, the demon feels the fight itself opening wider, like a door that only pain can unlock.
Black Goku answers with perfect timing. He steps inside the next exchange and drives a final gut strike into Zarronkamkar's core, clean and exact.
The blow folds Zarronkamkar over and sends him down onto his back, the void hissing around his stunned breathing. Black Goku stands over him, watching for what comes next.
The Black Goku
Good. That is the edge I wanted. Let me tap the deeper thing in you, and wake the form that answers the rose.
He lowers one hand toward Zarronkamkar's core, not striking now, but inviting a change. The tournament still waits beyond the threshold, and this new power may be the proof that carries him toward the crystal rose.
✓ Quest Accepted
Accept Black Goku's power infusion
“I nod yes as im winded”
SUCCESS (Good Health, rolled +2)
Zarronkamkar gives a slow, winded nod, his chin dipping once against the pull of Black Goku's gaze.
The Black Goku
Good. Hold that openness. The body knows the door before the mind does.
Black Goku's hand settles closer to Zarronkamkar's core, not forcing, only waiting. The dark-spark token shivers in the air, and the pale object from his collar drifts beside it like a loose shard of moonlight.
The Black Goku
This power does not flatter you. It strips you, tests what remains, and leaves only what can endure.
The Black Goku
He does not recoil. Good. Let the rose see hunger sharpen into shape.
The void tightens around the silence between them. Black Goku waits for Zarronkamkar's answer to become a choice he can feel.